# Iridium for YouTube

> YouTube with more freedom

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/particle-iridium](https://chrome-stats.com/d/particle-iridium)

## Overview

- **ID:** `particle-iridium`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Particle
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1,103
- **Weekly downloads:** 14
- **Rating:** 3.96 / 5 (628 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-18
- **First published:** 2018-02-03
- **Size:** 1.15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/particle-iridium/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/ParticleCore/Iridium/wiki/Report-a-bug](https://github.com/ParticleCore/Iridium/wiki/Report-a-bug)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/particle-iridium/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/particle-iridium/privacy/)

## Description

Iridium for YouTube enhances your YouTube experience by adding advanced features and customization options. Version 2 introduces powerful controls such as channel blacklisting, playlist reversing, always visible player, control over video autoplay, default playback quality and speed, and dark theme management.

Additional features include super theater mode, high frame rate control, monetization info display, ad control, removal of short videos, and volume adjustment by scrolling. Iridium prioritizes user privacy, collecting no personal data, and only requires permissions essential for its functionality on the youtube.com domain. Enjoy YouTube with more freedom and personalization using Iridium for YouTube.

## Rankings

- #3,135 — Overall
- #119 — grid
- #127 — release
- #142 — youtube

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `*://www.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

User reviews show a split: some celebrate Iridium's return and prefer it over other YouTube extensions, noting it works again after updates. However, a strong recurring concern is lack of maintenance, with YouTube updates frequently breaking the add-on and causing performance issues or total disablement. Overall, Iridium is valued when it works but is perceived as unreliable and under-supported.

### Pros

- Back and functioning again after updates, with users expressing relief and satisfaction.
- Some reviewers prefer Iridium over alternative YouTube add-ons and consider it the best option available.

### Cons

- Not maintained/abandoned; long gaps between updates and frequent breakage due to YouTube updates.
- Causes performance problems and can disrupt watching YouTube, including slower page loads and conflicts with other extensions.
- Version changes have broken key features and the project is seen as not being kept up-to-date for years.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/particle-iridium)